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Hello Wineauxs!
This is a fun meetup for people 35+ who love wine and books that includes bi-monthly meetings that focus on wine tasting, happy hours, and of course a book club. I'll start with adult-comtemporary fiction books on the NYT Bestseller Lists and we can grow from there -- I'm open to including all genres you love besides high fantasy. Love wine tasting, but not into reading books? you can join and meet-up for once-a-month wine tasting. We meet on (wine)-wednesdays twice a month.
Wineaux Rules: please kindly cancel your RSVP ahead of meetup time if unable to make it to allow for the waitlist to open up. Thank you.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- LWS Oct Book Club + Halloween Party - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn HardcastleMise en place , Scottsdale, CA
OCTOBER BOOK CLUB + HALLOWEEN PARTY
October's Book Club theme is inspired by my favorite aesthetic and Disneyland ride - Haunted Mansion. For October we will be having a book club / Halloween / costume party! (costumes optional)
You Voted and the Winner is....
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - A breathlessly addictive mystery that follows one man's race to find a killer, with an astonishing time-turning twist that means nothing and no one are quite what they seem. Aiden Bishop knows the rules. Evelyn Hardcastle will die every day until he can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others. Amazon Link
"Pop your favorite Agatha Christie whodunnit into a blender with a scoop of Downton Abbey, a dash of Quantum Leap, and a liberal sprinkling of Groundhog Day and you'll get this unique murder mystery." ―Harper's Bazaar
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Details:
Length: 480 pages
Audible: 17 hours, 4 minutes
Published: May 2019If you purchase your book online you can shop this novel plus all our nominees through these Literary Wineaux Society Pop-Up Book Stores...
LWS Amazon (fast and cheap)
LWS Bookshop.org (supports local bookstores)Further Reading and Viewing
Interview with Author Stuart Turton
Los Angeles Library Interview with Author
Video: Stuart Turton Talks 3 Books That Inspired Him
Video: Author Talks About Writing ProcessWe will be meeting at one of our favorite haunts -- Mise En Place. The rep from Four Bridges out of Paso Robles will be there pouring from their portfolio of wines.
COME DRESSED AS YOUR FAVORITE LITERARY CHARACTER!!
Listen, it's Halloween y'all and it's time to reach into that inner child and pull out a fun, party person (who likes to read a lot of books). For those of you who want to dress up, come as your favorite character from a book, comic book, graphic novel, or even author. - November Book Club: Theme - Bright Lights, Big City - VOTE NOW!!!Needs location
November Book Club's theme is....Bright Lights, Big City. Inspired by one of my favorite cities in the world -- New York City. The following nominees all take place in the Big Apple. There is a blend of fiction and non-fiction like always. Please place your VOTE in the comments below.
I've added the Amazon link for further research and attached the book covers as well. Each one of these books has scored at least 4 stars on both Amazon and GoodReads.
1. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara - a stunning portrait of the enduring grace of friendship, this novel follows four college classmates, broke and adrift as they move to NYC in search of fame and fortune. Through heartbreak, addiction, pride and devotion, this novel is about the families we are born into and those that we make for ourselves. Amazon Link
2. Madame Restell: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright - the true story of an industrious immigrant, self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history. Madame Restell fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York as she opened her boarding house to rich and poor women providing birth control, abortions, and medical assistance to thousands of women. Amazon Link
3. Table For Two: Fictions by Amor Towles - a collection of short stories based in New York City written in the familiar wit and sophistication of Towles most-loved novels. Occurring around the year 2000, these stories consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. Amazon Link
4. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne - A memoir of wicked humor among painful circumstances of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood + Manhattan. Dunne was saved from drowning by Sean Connery when he was just eight, his aunt was author Joan Didion, his best friend/soulmate was Carrie Fisher with whom he shared an apartment in Manhattan, and his sister, the actress in Poltergeist was brutally strangled by her ex-boyfriend, a crime that would see the birth of his father's Dominick Dunne's crime reporting career and advocacy for victims' rights. Amazon Link
5. Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors - a novel about three estranged siblings - Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky Blue who must navigate grief, addiction, and ambitions after the death of the fourth Blue sister and return to New York to stop the sale of the apartment they were raised. However, coming home is never as easy as it seems as the sisters reckon with disappointments of their childhood and the loss of the only person who held them together. Amazon Link
6. When Women Ran 5th Avenue: Glamour and Power and the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow - (non-fiction) A glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them -- Hortense Odium of Bonwit Teller, Dorothy Shaver of Lord & Taylor, and Geraldine Stutz of Henri Bendel. Amazon Link
7. The Address by Fiona Davis - a novel about love and loss, success and ruin, passion and madness within the walls of NYC's most famous residence -- The Dakota. Told in dual timelines of 1884 and 1984, the residents are tempted by and struggle against the golden excess of the ages -- one ruled by the Astors and the Vanderbilts and the other by the Upper West Side's nightlife of free-flowing drinks and drugs. Amazon Link
Please cast your vote by Sunday, October 27. The winner will be announced at October's book club meeting.